MetLife Foundation Announces 2015 Entrepreneurial Award Winners

July 23, 2015

Through our 15-year partnership with the MetLife Foundation, we're thrilled to announce the 2015 MetLife Foundation Entrepreneurial Award winners.

Sowing the Seeds of Entrepreneurship Award ($10,000 to each JA area office advancing promising, but untested program concepts):

  • JA of Georgia, Atlanta (Junior Achievement Magnet Business Academy at Banneker High School)

  • JA of the Philippines, Makati City (JA Business Innovation)

  • Junior Achievement of South Dakota, Sioux Falls (Stepping Ahead in the JA Branding R.A.C.E.)

Entrepreneurial Award ($25,000 to each JA area office for innovative programs and processes that have been implemented with good results and show strong potential for replication and adaptation):

USA:

  • JA of Georgia, Atlanta (Driving Student Outcomes through Utilizing Volunteer Feedback at JA Biztown and JA Finance Park)

  • Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans (JA Trust Your Crazy Ideas Challenge)

  • Junior Achievement of Idaho, Boise (Utilizing In-State Broadband Digital Systems to Deliver JA programs)

  • JA of South Central PA, Wayne (STEM Summit)

International:

  • IW Junior (JA Germany), Köln (implementation of online software for the JA Company Program in Germany)

  • JA Mascareignes, Curepipe (Socio-Economic Awareness Program)

  • Junior Achievement SA (South Africa), Johannesburg (Digital Enterprise Programme)

  • JA Zimbabwe, Marlborough (JA Success Skills for Enterprise Program)

Congratulations to JA area offices around the world, as they continue to demonstrate entrepreneurship and innovation in their day-to-day work on behalf of JA students!

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